I
first became interested in this hobby as a young boy. Not unlike other
kids, I had a daily paper route. In addition to delivering newspapers each
day, another requirement was to collect what was due from the customers
each week. After the collecting was done and the papers paid for, what
was left represented my pay for the week. It would be at this point my
father would take me to our local stamp store. Each week I would purchase
something new to add to my collection. When a stamp cost more than my weeks
earnings, dad would "float me a loan" until my next weeks pay.

It wasn't long after those beginnings, I became
a part-time dealer, and finally a full-time dealer in 1988. Now, we are
a family run business. All our children
over the years have helped (albeit grudgingly!) in one capacity or another
with the business. Please click
here to meet our newest additions.

I attend most major stamp shows held in Canada,
conduct regular public stamp auctions, and produce regular price lists
and special offers. Our auction catalogues, price lists, and special offers
lists are mailed to our clients around the world, and posted here, at our
web site.

I am a member and a Past-President of the Canadian
Stamp Dealers' Association. I also hold memberships in the Royal Philatelic
Society of Canada, the American Philatelic Society, the Postal History
Society of Canada, the British North America Philatelic Society, and the
Canadian Philatelic Society of Great Britain.